Improvement in clothes-driers



A. F.v STUWE.

ClnvthesV-Driers.

Patented June 23,1874-,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW E. sTowE, or HAvERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR or ONE- HALE HisRIGHT To WILLIAM SELLERS, or SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,431, dated June 23,1874; application filed May 27, 1874.

To all whom, Iit may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW 1?. S'rowE, ofHaverhill, in the county of Essex and State ot' Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful' Iml'irovernent-s in Clothes-Driers; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved clothes-drier for use in localitieswhere the clothes are all put upon the lines from a single point-as, forinstance, a window-and then drifted away to make room for more.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 isa view of same, looking from a window from which the drier isaccessible. Fig. 3 is a plan view of same.

My invention consists in a series ot' cords arranged parallel to eachother, their ends connected to two Similar cables, and the eables passedover suitable pulleys, so that the parallel lines can be made to passsuccessively by the window, parallel to it, and in close proximitytherewith. rlhe pulleys may be arranged upon opposite houses when theystand near enough together, and so as to be used by both parties; or,for a single house, the pulleys may, two of them, be attached above andtwo below the window, and the'other four be attached to any otherobject, as a, frame erected for the purpose off opposite to the window.

A represents that portion of a house adjacent to a window, from whichthe clothes are supplied to the drier. B is an opposite house, or aframe erected for the purpose of receiving the opposite pulleys. `C arepulleys arranged upon one side for the passage of one of thesupporting-cables D, and are similar in all respects, and placedopposite to the pulleys C and cord D on the opposite side of the window.E are lines that are placed at suit-able distances apart and parallel toeach other. They connect at their ends with the cables D D', like theribs of a reel or the steps of a ladder.

By pulling upon the cords D D the sys" teln of cords E is made to passsuccessively by the window, parallel to it, and clothes can be Suppliedfrom the window to each ot' the said lines until the whole drier islled. The pulleys C are formed to admitof the lines E passing thernunimpeded, as shown in the plan View, Fig. 3.

I am aware that a single line has been made to pass around in ahorizontal direct'onv adjacent to a window, so that it can te suppliedfrom the window by passing around four pulleys arranged in a horizontalplane,

` and am also aware of lines having been formed to pass between twopoints for this purpose, and arrangedto be revolved past a window, butnot parallel to the window; but I am not aware that a system of parallelcords'have been made in a reel form to revolve past a window from top tobot-toni, or vice versa, as I arrai'ige them.

The wheels C are formed upon their inner edges with broad notchedflanges, so that the cords E, in passing around the pulleys, will droplinto the said notches, and thus yprevent them from drawing the cables Doft` the pulleys, as would otherwise be likely to happen, and also serveto grasp the linesE and prevent the cords D from-slipping upon thepulleys;v and the cords or cables, or both, may be of metal or any othersuitable material.

That I claim is- The clothes-drier herein described, consisting-ot' asuitable Support, system of cogged or ratcheted pulleys C C', endlesssupporting belts or cables D D', passing around and held in place by thepulleys C C', and parallel short lines E, passing across at shortintervals apart from 011e cable, D, to the other, D', connecting themtogether and forming the supporting-ropes for the clothes, allconstructed, arranged, and adapted to operate substantially as and forthe purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this23d day ot' May, 1874.

ANDREW F. STOWE. Witnesses WELLS W. LEGGETT, RoBT. M. BARR.

